Chapter 172 Isabella's Foolishness, William's Troubles
At this moment, at the Brown Group.
William rubbed his temples, looking at Isabella in front of him.
"What were you thinking?" William's voice was cold.
Isabella looked at William with a confused expression. What was she thinking?
Wasn't it her livestream that let everyone see the "truth" of the matter, and now the stock price was already recovering?
No matter what, she should be considered a hero of the Brown Group.
All these years, even Amelia's personal influence had never been this strong. Only she, Isabella, could achieve this.
But she couldn't say it that way, so she said with a "wronged" expression: "William, when I saw the Brown Group's market value evaporate by a hundred billion dollars at the opening this morning, I just wanted to save the situation quickly."
But William still looked at her coldly.
Rhys on the side couldn't take it anymore.
"Ms. Taylor, before you do anything, you need to discuss it with us, especially matters concerning the company."
A flash of coldness passed through Isabella's eyes. She had disliked this Rhys for a long time. Once she married William, she would definitely make him pay!
But for now, she could only hold back.
"I... I saw the trending topic and started the livestream right away..."
Isabella bit her lip, looking very wronged: "And isn't everything better now..."
Rhys couldn't help but roll his eyes.
"That's because the entire company worked all night last night, Mr. Brown was in meetings all night, and we have our own plan."
Isabella bit her lip and lowered her head.
No one saw the resentment in her eyes.
William's gaze remained on Isabella.
He hadn't thought this through.
He had gotten used to his understanding with Amelia.
When it came to work, the two of them never had disagreements over these issues.
Many times, just a glance or a smile was enough to understand what the other meant.
Something like today would never happen.
Because she understood that for a publicly traded company, the most important thing was the hard strength of its products.
Although the Brown Group did plenty of marketing and had many endorsements, the ultimate foundation was definitely their own technology.
William looked at Isabella's unwilling eyes and felt a headache coming on.
Forget it.
Isabella didn't understand these things.
But...
"Did you buy any Brown Group stock under your own name?" William asked coldly.
"What?" Isabella didn't understand.
Rhys on the side explained: "Ms. Taylor, this is very important. Your behavior itself is suspected of market manipulation. If you also bought in at the low point..."
Rhys didn't spell it out, but the meaning was obvious.
He said: "It's very serious."
If convicted, for serious cases it could mean up to five years in prison or detention plus fines, and for especially serious cases, five to ten years plus fines.
Isabella glanced at Rhys, then said: "No, I didn't buy any."
But William didn't listen to what she said. He just looked at Rhys and said coldly: "You, go help her verify this."
"Yes." Rhys immediately nodded.
"William, I said I didn't. Don't you trust me?" Isabella said anxiously.
But William just looked at her calmly.
Those eyes were terrifyingly calm, unlike any time she had known him before.
Isabella was even more upset. She said: "Actually, you don't need to do this. I also said in the livestream that this was my spontaneous action, that you didn't know about it."
Rhys sighed helplessly: "Ms. Taylor, just because you say Mr. Brown didn't know doesn't mean he really didn't know. You clearly stated your relationship with Mr. Brown. Whether you distance yourself or not makes no difference now."
"You!" Isabella glared coldly at Rhys.
But in the end, she said nothing.
Finally, she said angrily: "Fine, I'll cooperate with you!"
Then she walked out angrily.
Rhys immediately followed behind.
William quietly watched her departing figure. As she was about to leave the CEO's office, he said: "Isabella, from now on, you don't need to interfere with the Brown Group's affairs."
Isabella was even more upset.
"William, you're just looking down on me now, aren't you?" Isabella said with her back to him.
William didn't answer.
Rhys looked at both of them and immediately tried to smooth things over: "Miss Isabella, Mr. Brown doesn't mean that. Group affairs are quite complex, Mr. Brown is just thinking of your health."
Isabella didn't speak for a while. Finally, she grabbed the door handle.
"William, I genuinely wanted to help you."
She turned around, eyes red: "What she can do, I can do too."
"Maybe I did something wrong in this matter."
"But I still want to say, I'm willing to do anything."
William didn't look at Isabella again. He lowered his eyes slightly and just said: "Let's have dinner together tonight."
A flash of triumph passed through Isabella's eyes.
This was his concession.
Even now, he still had no way to deal with her.
Isabella thought to herself, composed her expression, and followed Rhys to verify the matter.
In the huge CEO's office, only William remained alone.
He looked toward a small table on the side.
In the past, if there were matters that needed to be discussed and handled with him, Amelia would always sit there holding a stack of documents.
But now, that place was empty.
The phone kept ringing.
William looked at the caller ID and answered the call.
"William!" Finn's furious voice came through the phone, "I coordinated with all parties to cooperate with you, and this is how you repay me?"
"Get Isabella out of the Brown Group!"
...
After Finn's call, there were countless more calls.
William held his head, looking at the empty small table nearby, overwhelmed with problems.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Amelia methodically watched the entire livestream, then went to observe the Brown Group's curve.
After thinking, she called Jeffrey.
"How is it?" After Jeffrey answered, Amelia asked.
"My person planted on his side said he controlled numerous accounts to buy Brown Group shares at the lowest point. After he finished accumulating, Isabella started her livestream. The timing was too perfect!" Jeffrey said excitedly.
Jeffrey finally understood!
The collaborative relationship between Isabella and Zaid was a sure thing. During The Sound of Heaven, the two of them had private dealings multiple times.
If they still had a collaborative relationship now and evidence was caught, then...
Now he could make Zaid pay the price!
Amelia smiled.
"We need evidence." Amelia's voice was calm, "Brother Jinyan, please pay more attention to his and related accounts' fund flows recently."
Jeffrey nodded in agreement.
The two stopped there.
Although both knew that even if caught, it might only result in fines due to minor circumstances without jail time, it would still be enough to make Zaid and Isabella suffer for a while.
Amelia had no intention of targeting someone on their way out, but from the moment she and Isabella made that bet, their confrontation became inevitable.
Moreover, all of this was Isabella's own doing.
After hanging up, Amelia looked at the curve again.
What came to mind were words Jasper had once said to her.
"Amelia, before you can make the rules, what you can do is follow the rules, and use the rules."
Amelia lowered her eyes slightly.
She was thinking of Jasper again.